I've heard that you can permanantly ride a chocobo and wanted to know if this was true + if you can how do you do it, and lastly does the person keep riding it after the battle, like in other battles, and if he does does it count as 2 players entering the battle?????

There is no way to permenently ride a chocobo. You can ride one on the battlefield by moving your character unto the chocobo's back as a first move. But at the cost of one of your five teammates, I find it to costly.

If your set on it however, I suggest only using Black Chocobos. Their movement with Fly, plus the range on their Chocoball attack makes them the best choice. Also, with monster skill equipt on another teammate you gain access to Choco Meteor.

Hope that helps.

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